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" And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents. So, when this loose behaviour I throw off, And pay the debt I never promised, By how much better than my word I am, By so much shall I falsify men's hopes ; And, like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation,... "
The dramatic (poetical) works of William Shakspeare; illustr., embracing a ... - Page 462
by William Shakespeare - 1850
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Printed from the Text ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1843 - 470 pages
...men's hopes ; And , like bright metal on a sullen ground , My reformation , glittering o'er my fault , Shall show more goodly, and attract more eyes , Than...least I will. [Exit. SCENE III. The Same. Another Apartment in the Palace. Enter King HENRY, NORTHUMBERLAND, WORCESTER, HOTSPUR, Sir WALTER BLUNT, andOthers....
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: Comedy of errors ; Macbeth ; King John ...

William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1847 - 506 pages
...men's hopes * ; And, like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly, and attract more eyes, Than...and temperate, Unapt to stir at these indignities, 8 thaU Ifalrify men't hopes;] To falrify hope is to exceed hope, to give much where men hoped for little....
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Shakespeare's Plays: With His Life, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1847 - 736 pages
...men's hopes ; And, like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, k. Hub. Thou hast a perfect thought : I will, upon all hazards, well believe Apartment in the Palace. Enter King HENRY, NORTHUMBERLAND, WORCESTER, HOTSPUR, Sir WALTER BLUNT, and...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With a Life of the Poet, and ...

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 744 pages
...falsify men's hopes; And, like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly, and attract more eyes, Than...WORCESTER, HOTSPUR, SIR WALTER BLUNT, and others. K. Ren. My blood hath been too cold and temperate, Unapt to stir at these indignities, And you have found...
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The Life and Beauties of Shakespeare: Comprising Careful Selections from ...

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 408 pages
...hopes;* And, like bright metal on a sullenf ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Sh?.ll show more goodly, and attract more eyes, Than that...skill; Redeeming time, when men think least I will. HOTSPUR'S DESCRIPTION OF A FINICAL COURTIKB. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry...
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William Shakspeare's Complete Works, Dramatic and Poetic, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1852 - 512 pages
...men's hopes;10 And, like bright metal on a sullen1 'ground, MV reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly, and attract more eyes, Than...skill : Redeeming time, when men think least I will. [Ex. (7) Fine weather at All-hallown-tide (ie AH Saints, Nov. 1st) is called an All-hallown summer...
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The Plays of Shakespeare: The Text Regulated by the Old Copies, and by the ...

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 928 pages
...men's hopes ; And, like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly, and attract more eyes, Than...least I will. [Exit. SCENE III.— The Same. Another Apartment in the Palace. Enter King HENRY, NORTHUMBERLAND, WORCESTER, HOTSPUR, Sir WALTER BLUNT, and...
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The Works of Shakespeare: The Text Regulated by the Recently ..., Volume 4

William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 446 pages
...skill, Redeeming time, when men think least I will. [Exit. SCENE III.— The Same. Another Apartment in the Palace. Enter King HENRY, NORTHUMBERLAND, WORCESTER,...been too cold and temperate, Unapt to stir at these indignitics, And you have found me ; for, aceordingly, You tread upon my paticnce : but, be sure, I...
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Lectures on English History and Tragic Poetry, as Illustrated by Shakespeare

Henry Reed - 1856 - 484 pages
...falsify men's hopes ; And like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glittering o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly and attract more eyes Than...skill ; Redeeming time when men think least I will." This soliloquy, at his first introduction, sets before us the thoughtful element in the prince's character;...
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Palæstra musarum; or, Materials for translation into Greek verse, selected ...

Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1856 - 384 pages
...men's hopes ; And, like bright metal on a sullen ground, My reformation, glitt'ring o'er my fault, Shall show more goodly, and attract more eyes Than...skill, Redeeming time, when men think least I will. 489. But heare hys ruthefull end. The noble prince, pears'd with the sodeine wound, Out of his wretched...
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